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JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
1. L O L
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:50 PM
May 2016

I read this story (and BNR's as well) to my girlfriend (registered Democrat, voting soon in NJ) and she laughed out loud! Pretty pathetic, she says. I happen to agree.

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ram2008

(1,238 posts)
3. Jeez, can we quit undermining real sexism by throwing around the word like its meaningless
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:50 PM
May 2016

This is not sexism.

This is Hillary ducking a debate she made a pledge she would do. She is not the presumptive nominee. She shouldn't be backing out of her word, and it's not sexist to point it out, nor is it sexist for other campaigns to take advantage of her missteps.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
13. THANK YOU.
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:57 PM
May 2016

Everytime shit like this is posted, it spits in the face of real feminism.

DebDoo

(319 posts)
17. With all these bogus sexism claims you gotta wonder, are they trying to support or sabotoge women?
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:03 PM
May 2016
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. What does the "white" part have to do with anything?
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:51 PM
May 2016

Why refer to Sanders and Trump with the phrase "white man" but Hillary with just "woman" (without any adjective about her race)?

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
6. I now realize the truth -- Every thing not done by Clinton is sexist and racist
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:51 PM
May 2016

Bernie brushes his teeth in the morning -- he's being a sexist racist dog.

You are giving the actual issue a bad name by trivializing it.

CanadaexPat

(496 posts)
7. But winners are allowed to renege on debate commitments,
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:53 PM
May 2016

no matter what their gender. Thanks for the lesson!

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
8. Yawn
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:55 PM
May 2016

There's misogynists under the bed, in the bush, and seemingly everyone's campaign but her own.

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
18. Bwaaaahahaha
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:03 PM
May 2016

That's some good shit right there! On the road home (12 hour after 9 hour work night) and just woke up from a short useless nap. Cranky as he'll....till I got your reply! Put a shmile back on me face you did! Grassy ass Ocelot, grassy ass.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,516 posts)
9. She can participate in the debate if she wants. Nobody's stopping her.
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:55 PM
May 2016

Not everything that some man does that she doesn't do is the consequence of sexism.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
10. Damn, this is just getting fucking sad
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:56 PM
May 2016

Everything that is remotely bad for Hillary is sexism. Or racism. Even though she's white. "How will breaking up the banks end sexism or racism?" Hillary supporters, including the trolls, have lost the right to be taken seriously when they claim sexism. And of course, this waters down the term so that real issues of sexism will be ignored and laughed at.

Hillary and her supporters are doing far more to degrade gender relations and issues than anyone else.

 

vintx

(1,748 posts)
15. Yep they are making it into a big joke.
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:59 PM
May 2016

Which means that if there's a time when she might legitimately complain about sexism people will just roll their eyes.

Excellent work by team Brock!

Fucking idiots ... and she's paying them for this!

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
16. There should be some form of Godwin's law to deal with this
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:01 PM
May 2016

The problem is that there are actual cases of people behaving like Nazi's, but you can't even mention it. Same here.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
19. Yeah, I can't find anything about the famous Clinton-McCain debate of 2008. Like it never happened.
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:04 PM
May 2016

Strange, right?

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